Implement-frame



' H. HARDEN.

IMPLEMENT FRAME- APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1 918.

1,369,241. D Patented Feb. 22,1921.

um/whom qmm I 4 02607-19 :9/(05920 HARRY HARDENNOF'LO'NDON, ream; .assrenoia or one-EAL? Totem-w L rARRAraon nonnomioirroj To all who m tt maycmicem: I Be it known that I, HARRY HAnnEN, a cit zen of the United States, residlng at London, in the county of Madison and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Implement-Frames; andI do declare the following to be aHfulI clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 7 j V My invention relates to improvements agricultural machines, and more, part cularly to one intended for either pulverizmg .the earth turned by a gang or sulky plow, or

for simultaneously 'pu'lyerizing theearth and seedingthe same; v p Q One'object of the 1nvent1on is to provide a device of the class set forth which may be easily attached to practically all'ty'pes of.

gang and sulky plows.

A further object of the invention is to provide a detachable seed hopper mounted cated at 4 and in rear of the brace, the inner in a novel manner so that'it inayreadily be removed when its use is not needed v A still furtherobje'ct is to provide an attachment of the class specified which maybe easily and inexpensively manufactured and marketed, yet' one which will'behighly efficient and durable." I f Y I "I 1 \Vith the foregoing general objects in View, the invention resides in' the novel features of construction' and' uniquecombinations of parts to be"hereinafter'ffully de-- scribed and claimedjthe" descriptive "matter being supplemented by the accompanying drawings whichforma part of this specification and 111 wh1ch:- 4

Figure 1 is a top plan fv'iew of the im-v whereby the frame is rigidly secured initsfront portion to one side bar of the frame F v of a gang or sulky plow. The two side bars of the frame 1 are braced together as indiside bar is offset outwardly, while the rear IMPLEMENT-FRAME}? i'ais f seriarnafaem'a'ei portiori of the outer side bar'isibent inwardly1nto parallel relation with the offset barend. -A transverse pivot bolt: 5, extends between the rear' ends of said bars and through a spacing sleeve 6, the front endsof a pair of draw bars 7 be ng positionedbef tweeujtheends of said sleeve a'ndithe side bars of the frame 1, saiaara bars. being mounted on the bolt '5; so that. they maybe. swung yertically to raise andlower the pul -v eri-zing' disks ,8 'as occasionj,may demand. Fur'therrnore, by moving either end .of the bolt 5 fo'rwardly oiirearwardly' into :the openings 9 providedifor this purpose, the angle of, the disks, 8 inrespect to the linev of draft, maybe varied]; f, L The rear ends of the drawbars 7 are rigidlysecured to a transverse bar'l0 which is -preferably "formed integrally therewith, whereasasecond transversebar 11 extends between and is secure dto' said draw bars a suitable distance "in 'advan'ce' ofsaid bar 10, these parts' cooperating in forming a rec- Specification of Letters Patent. a -p e 22 .1 App1ication;fi1 ed..lune 1, j

tang'ular frame upon which the seed hopper l2is' designed to rest;. A vpairlof V-shaped hanger's 13' are provided at their upper ends with attachin'g'ears le which are bolted or otherwise secured to the re med portions of the drawiba'rs 7,"said hangershaving h'ori zontal' bars'15Tconnecting their armsfat a level slightly below the ;uppjer, eiids of (the iears lisothat seats 16 ;ar'e formed at the I apted to receive therein a pair'of flanges V which; depend rigidly from the lower edges of a pair of vertically disposed hopper reta-ining plates '18, bolts or the like 1'9'being provided for securingsaid plates to the bars toward theirup'per'ends and are provided along their front and rear edges with inwardly extending flanges 20 which coact with said plates in forming tapered seats in which the hopper 12 is detachably seated. By this construction, it will be obvious that upper ends of the brackets, said seats being 7 7. The plates 18 in'crease gradually in width whenever the use of the hopper is unnecessary, it may be easily removed.

Any preferred number of disks 8 may be employed and they willin most cases be of the usual well known type. It is to be un- 'derstood, however, that any suitable type of disks could well be employed. Regardless of their exact construction, the. disks 8 will be rigidly secured upon transverse shaft 23 which is rotatably mounted in bearings at the lower ends of the hangers 13, one end of said shaft being provided with a sprocket 24 which drives the chain 21 when the seeding hopper is being employed. Suitable cleaners 25 will in most cases be provided for the disks 8, said cleaners being mounted on a U-shaped frame -26 whose ends are secured to the hangers 13 at the lower ends of the latter.

vWhen lowering the disks to operative po- Vertical bars 27 rise from the sides of the frame 26'and are secured at their upper ends to the adjacent portions of the hangers 13, said upper ends of the bars 27 being bent outwardly to form horizontal ears 28 from which bolts 29 rise through the rear end of a pair of crank arms 30 and 31, coiled springs 32 being interposed between said arms and ears as shown, so that they will exert their tension to depress the disks into the earth, the entire rear frame then rocking around the bolt When, however, the arms 30 and 31 are raised, the

bolts 29 will similarly raise the disks free of the earth. The arm 30 is formed by the rear end of a foot lever 33 which is rigidly secured between its ends to a vertical hand 'lever34, braces 35 being provided for securing the two levers in fixed relation.

Lever 34 rises rigidly from a 'transverse sition, however, the foot leverrneed not be used.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be obvious that although the improved device is of extremely simpleand inexpensive nature, it will be highly efficient and durable,particular emphasis being laid upon s Witnesses:

the fact that the seed hopper 12 is quickly and easily attachable and detachable, so that the machine may be quickly converted for use either as. a combined seeder and pulverizer, or as a pulverizer onl tion to this feature, however, wish to direct attention to the numerous novel featuresof construction shown and described for car'r ing out the objects of the invention. hese features, in actual practice, have proven highly satisfactory and. 'for this reason they constitute the preferred form of the machine. It is to'be understood, nevertheless, that within the scope of the invention "as claimed, numerous minor changes may well be made. I claim:

1. In a structure of the'character described, a rectangular frame, V-shaped shaft-holding bearing brackets each having an upper cross bar connecting its side bars and having upstanding ears at its ends, the cross bar and ears having inwardly extending flanges engaging the side bars of said In addirectangular frame, plates resting upon said ears and having tongue extensions extending between the ears and connected WltlltllB side bars of the rectangular frame, and flanges carried by the plates and converging downwardly to provide a tapered hopper receiving seat. 7

2. In a structure of the character described, a rectangular'frame, shaft-holding bearing brackets having upstanding ears and inwardly extending flanges for engaging the rectangular frame, and hopper engaging plates having their end portions rests ing" upon the ears'and having tongueextensions extending between the ears and connected with the rectangular frame, the plates having downwardly converging flanges forming a tapered hopper seat. i In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing 1 witnesses.

. V HARRY HARDEN SAM SNYDER, H. C. Purrtnnn. 

